India

The Maharashtra government's state-wide ban on the use of plastic items, including carry-bags and thermocol, came into effect from Saturday. 

Mamata Banerjee cancelled her seven-day China trip just hours before she was to board her flight on Friday night.

Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India and the BJP will never allow it to be disintegrated from the country, party president Amit Shah in Saturday said during his first visit to the state after the saffron party withdrew support from the PDP-led government.

Justice Jasti Chelameswar, asked on Friday why a CPI leader had visited his home in January on the day he and three other judges of the Supreme Court held an unprecedented news conference, replied: "More important question is, who is meeting those who are in power and why?"

A team of engineers announced on Friday that it had resolved the longstanding mystery of the source of sound from a dripping tap, widely considered annoying but a scientific curiosity for over a century.

The Congress on Friday called for a thorough investigation into post-demonetisation deposits following revelations that a cooperative bank associated with BJP chief Amit Shah received Rs 745 crore in scrapped notes before these banks were barred from accepting them.

Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra on Friday asked top pro-India parties in the state for their cooperation in motivating youths to give up violence, the appeal coming on a day several militancy-related incidents rocked the Valley.

Security forces shot dead four militants from a purported Valley franchise of the Islamic State, including its chief Dawood Sofi, on Friday in the first counter-insurgency breakthrough since the imposition of governor's rule this week.

Arun Jaitley on Friday defended the Narendra Modi government's "muscular policy" in Kashmir, saying terrorists needed to be dealt with firmly to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens and India's sovereignty.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday sacked Mohan Prakash as general secretary, replacing him with veteran Mallikarjun Kharge who will look after the key state of Maharashtra.